"You Know What To Do" is a song by American singer-songwriter
Carly Simon
Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, memoirist, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records; her 13 Top 40 U.S. hits include "Anticipation" (No. 13), " The Right Thin ...
. Written by Simon,
Jacob Brackman
Jacob Brackman (born 1943) is an American writer, journalist, and musical lyricist.
After graduating from Harvard University in 1965, he went to work for ''Newsweek'' as a journalist. He remained there for six months and was then hired by ''The ...
, Peter Wood, and
Mike Mainieri
Michael T. Mainieri Jr. (born July 4, 1938) is an American vibraphonist, known for his work with the jazz fusion group Steps Ahead. He is married to the singer-songwriter and harpist Dee Carstensen.
Biography
Mainieri was born in The Bronx, Ne ...
, the song was produced by Mainieri and served as the lead single from Simon's 11th studio album, ''
Hello Big Man
''Hello Big Man'' is the 11th studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released by Warner Bros. Records, on August 31, 1983.
The album was Simon's last for Warner Bros. (and for what became the Warner Music Group, having also spe ...
'' (1983).
Track listing
;7" single
* "You Know What to Do" – 4:16
* "Orpheus" – 3:50
Personnel
Charts
Music video
Simon released a music video for the single. It was directed by Dominic Orlando as per a concept of Simon's, and was filmed on location in
Martha's Vineyard
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, at her home and in the surrounding woods in August 1983.
The video received moderate airplay on
MTV
MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...
in the
autumn
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of 1983.
References
External links
Carly Simon's Official Website
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1983 singles
1983 songs
Carly Simon songs
Songs written by Carly Simon
Songs written by Jacob Brackman
Warner Records singles